James Jennings Pauley and Josephine Denny in Tom Thumb's Wedding

Name/Title

James Jennings Pauley and Josephine Denny in Tom Thumb's Wedding

Entry/Object ID

2004.3.15

Description

Dated 18 February 1898. James Jennings Pauley, age 5 years [husband of Ruth Craft, son of John Flenniken Pauley and Margaret Virginia Thompson] and Josephine Denny, age 4 years [daughter of Eleazer Luse Denny and Louise Inghram] in a performance of "Tom Thumb's Wedding" at the Waynesburg Opera House in Greene County, Pennsylvania. Original, professional photograph from Rogers & Weaver, Waynesburg, Pa.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Cabinet Card

Collection

Josephine Denny Collection

Made/Created

Studio

Rogers & Weaver Studio

Date made

Feb 18, 1898

Place

Location

Pennsylvania / Greene County / Waynesburg

Lexicon

Search Terms

Costumes, Denny family, Pastimes, Pauley family, Theater, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Business--Opera House, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Schools--Waynesburg College--Alumni, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Schools--Waynesburg High School--Class of 1915, Weddings

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

DENN-AN002-0029

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Denny, Josephine [1893-1992]

Person or Organization

Pauley, James Jennings [1892-1959]

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Denny Series - Josephine Denny Collection

Notes

The Josephine Denny Collection was passed from Eleazer Luse Denny [1865-1910] and his wife, Louise (Inghram) Denny [1867-1956], to their daughters, Mary Inghram (Denny) Weaver [1891-1972], Josephine Denny [1893-1992], and Helen (Denny) Howard [1896-1981]. Josephine Denny passed the collection to Farley Toothman who owned and shared it with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project between 2004 and 2025. SOURCE CITATION: James Jennings Pauley, age 5 years, and Josephine Denny, age 4 years, in a performance of "Tom Thumb's Wedding" at the Waynesburg Opera House in Greene County, Pennsylvania; dated 18 February 1898, image by Rogers & Weaver, Waynesburg, Pa.; item no. DENN-AN002-0029, Josephine Denny Collection, shared by Farley Toothman; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).